I'm Waiting for the Man (live version 1)

[Concert intro]

Good evening

We're your local Velvet Underground

We're glad to see you

Thank You

But we're uh particularly glad on a serious day like today

That people could find that little time to come out and have Some fun to rock and roll

'cause these are serious times

Or I've been told they are

And since they're serious

We felt impelled to do a very serious set

So this is going to be a very serious rock and roll set

And I don't want any of you to enjoy yourselves frivoulously(?)

Because it will run against national policy

Which rhymes by the way, which is how poets are

Anyway...where I come from they arrest people for less than that

And they won't give you a car

This is a song that was written under the influence of dreams

And it's about one man's journey from uptown to downtown

[Verse 1]

I'm waiting for my man

Twenty-six dollars in my hand

Gone up to Lexington, 125

Feeling sick and dirty, more dead than alive

[Chorus]

I'm waiting for my man

[Verse 2]

Hey, white boy, what you doin' uptown?

Hey, white boy, you chasin' our women around?

Oh pardon me sir, it's the furthest from my mind

I'm just lookin' for a dear, dear friend of mine

[Chorus]

I'm waiting for my man

[Verse 3]

Here he comes, he's all dressed in black...oh woah

PR shoes and a big straw hat

He's never early, he's never late

First thing you learn is you always gotta wait

[Chorus]

I'm waiting for my man

[Verse 4]

Time's are getting heavy, I'm so sad

Everyone that was good, you know they all turned out bad

It's not a mystery, no mistake

All I'm gonna have to do is wait

[Chorus]

I'm waiting for my man

[Verse 5]

Standing on the corner waiting for the sun to rise

Miss Jean and Miss Anne said they had a surprise

Well it's no mystery, no mistake

I guess I just had to wait

[Chorus]

I'm waiting for my man

[Verse 6]

Ever since I was a little boy, I had the strangest dreams

Everything that I saw didn't seem to be what it seem

I'm no wizard, take my speed

Always you know I've got to leave

[Chorus]

I'm waiting for my man

[Verse 7]

Gone up to a Brownstone, up three flights of stairs

Everybody’s pinned you, but nobody cares

He’s got the works, gives you sweet taste

Then he's gotta split because he's got no time to waste

[Chorus]

I'm waiting for my man

[Verse 8]

Hey baby don’t you holler, darlin' don’t you bawl and shout

I’m feeling good, you know I’m gonna work it on out

I’m feeling good, I’m feeling, oh, so fine

Until tomorrow, but that’s just some other time

[Outro]

I'm waiting for my man (x7)